Désirée Saarelas och Luca Bordonaros vägar möttes på världsmusikmässan Womex i Porto 2021. Efter många givande pratstunder om musik och skapande kom samarbete på tal. Sedan dess har de besökt varandras hem i Österbotten, Finland och på Sicilien samt även spelat konserter i Norge. I september 2022 passade de på att återigen mötas i Österbotten, Finland för att spela in albumet Allt finns här.
Ett samarbete över landsgränser där två mycket olika kulturer och personer möts och hittar något gemensamt som blir till ny musik. Ett fint möte och ett unikt album – resultatet av vad som kan hända när två helt främmande människor möts och hälsar på varandra. Det var ju just så det hela började.
Det nordiska och finlandssvenska smälter ihop med det sydeuropeiska i en ny spännande kombination och musikalisk helhet. Från den sicilianska vulkaniska jasmin-, citron- och mandeldoftande ön till det skog- och sjörika land som Finland i sin tur representerar.
Désirée Saarela
is a Finland-Swedish singer-songwriter and folk singer whose vocal expression is strongly rooted in the folk tradition. The lyrics, the stories and the mood they convey are at the core of her music. Désirée is inspired by her surroundings, by people, relations, the forest, sea, open landscapes, nature itself – and all of this becomes songs. The experience of having moved several times between city and countryside has left its mark on Désirée’s life and also influenced her songs and lyrics.
Luca Bordonaro
Coming from Sicily, Italy, Luca Bordonaro studied classical and contemporary music in Italy, Portugal, Sweden, France, and Spain. He has played and collaborated with many orchestras, chamber ensembles, folk and contemporary world music bands like the Lanciano Symphonic Orchestra (Italy), Orquestra Principe de Asturias (Portugal), Ensemble Contemporaine TM+ (Paris), Orchestra Jacaránda, Trio Caipirinha, Shakata, AstralVoyage (Spain), etc. He has also taken part in various festivals like the GroundUp Music Fest (Miami), Aurora Fine Arts Festival (Sweden), Palo Market Fest (Spain), and performed and recorded with artists like Magda Giannikou (Banda Magda), William Cepeda, Petros Klampanis, Walter Thompson, Gary Willis, Perico Sambeat, Victor Wooten, Patrice Rushen, 4-times Grammy-winning Michael League from Snarky Puppy, among others. Moreover, Luca has worked as a project manager, business agent, and video editor for Berklee College of Music, Valencia, and for the record label GroundUP Music, NY, founded by Michael League.
Since pursuing a Master’s and Post-Master’s degrees at Berklee College of Music, Luca has been creating multi-sensory experiences, as a tool to stimulate self-awareness and cultural competence. Therefore he has created an exposition of 360° VR experiences, with smells, touch, and tastes, as well as an Augmented Reality mobile app that embeds music into real-life experiences.
